I have new windows 8 computer and finally found info on how to download Windows Live Essentials.  Download appeared to go well, but It only put the icons for the Photo Gallery and Move Maker modules and not the Mail client or Calendar, on my taskbar. 

In my list of program files, I find 2 Windows MAIL sub-folders.  One of them is in the folder "Program files/" and the other in in the folder "Program files (x86)  /Windows Mail".Windows.  Both subfolders contain the same 6  file, 2 are application files and 4 are application extensions.  The only difference I can see between the files in the 2 folders is a slight difference in the size of the files. 

Then, in the folder "Program files (86) there is a sub folder for Windows LIVE, which has a sub folder for "Contacts" and for "Photo Gallery" and "Installer".  The Photo Gallery folder seems to contain the files for "Movie Maker" but nowhere do I see how I an get a start up icon for Contacts, Mail for Calendar.

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